NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1977 SESSION
CHAPTER 1019
SENATE BILL 630
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN TWO EXHIBITS OF PORTRAITS OF NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNORS ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE, ONE TO BE BASED IN THE STATE CAPITOL, AND ONE TO BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR CIRCULATION THROUGHOUT THE STATE FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.
Whereas, Governors of North Carolina have been elected by the people, beginning with Governor Edward B. Dudley up to the present time; and
Whereas, these Governors, coincidentally, also are the same ones who have served in the State Capitol since its completion in 1840; and
Whereas, there exist no exhibits or displays which list these Governors collectively, show their likenesses, and summarize the major consequences of their terms; and
Whereas, such exhibits will not only honor the elected Governors, but also will be of great educational value to the more than 100,000 annual visitors to the newly restored State Capitol and to thousands of other citizens who will view the exhibit circulated to various points in the State; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Division of Archives and History, Department of Cultural Resources, for the 1977-78 fiscal year the sum of twenty-one thousand seven hundred dollars ($21,700) and for the 1978-79 fiscal year the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for researching, designing, constructing, maintaining, and circulating two exhibits of portraits of North Carolina Governors elected by the people.
Sec. 2. This act shall become effective on July 1, 1977.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1977.